9.6.2 (rc5) No messages to message box

[n.allan]

I'm sure this has been a bug for a few versions now but I am currently using 9.6.2 (rc5) on OSX 11.2.3 Big Sur.

Create a blank stack and edit the card script.

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on doSomething
	put "Hello World!"
end doSomething

Apply

If I right click the card, send card message, doSomething...No message box is popping up. If the message box is open, no message shows.

Am I going insane? All preferences have been set to default.

It's a fundamental feature I use for debugging. I have waded through the quality page to look for bugs but it's a needle in a stack of needles.

[richmond62]

Let's see . . .

This works:

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on mouseUp
   put "Cripes!"
end mouseUp

With this in the cardScript:

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on doIt
   put "Cripes!"
end doIt

and this in a button:

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on mouseUp
   send "doIt" to card id 1002
end mouseUp

things work.

If I right click the card

Nothing happens at all.

Not entirely sure who is 'insane', but I do NOT understand this:

If I right click the card, send card message

as I have NEVER right-clicked on a card UNLESS I have a

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on mouseUp 3
--do something
end mouseUp

type of script in the card.

[richmond62]

OK, I owe you some sort of apology as your point about contextual menus
is correct: a new, blank stack yields a contextual menu with a right-click.

As soon as the stack gets a script the contextual menu vanishes.

In LC 8.2.0 on Mac OS 11.3 beta 8 in BROWSE mode there are NO contextual menus,
but there are in POINTER mode.